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Damo Says @damosays.bsky.social · 19d

Ok. Social media break, at least for a few weeks. I spent most of today with excellent humans and I’m gonna focus on that for a bit. If you’re at @gaelcon this year, come play with me. If you know my email, shout me. But if you must stay here, know that you are missed elsewhere.

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 20d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Damo Says @damosays.bsky.social · 21d

If you see this skeet, skeet a pic from your device with no explanation.

A cute and smiling sheet ghost stands before a pink background and field of flowers, carrying a small shovel. The text beneath it reads, “I will help you hide the body”

Damo Says @damosays.bsky.social · 24d

“Man, I was just in a frying pan!” says the guy in the fire.

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 24d

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

Dave Chappelle Criticizes Free Speech in America at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

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Damo Says @damosays.bsky.social · 25d

You are a unicorn, sirrah, and wilfully misunderstand the majority of us. Those stickers were withdrawn, for lack of demand.

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Damo Says @damosays.bsky.social · 28d

Mutton dressed as Ham.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 28d

I'm sorry but I refuse point blank to believe that Philip Faircloth-Mutton is a real person.

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Riley - Watch Wigglewood Tales @wigglewood.bsky.social · Sep 10

The image that inspired my most popular comic.

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Andrew Moseman @andrewmoseman.bsky.social · Sep 10

I would not use it at my job
I would not let it email Bob
It would not write my resume
It would not text my mom, OK?
It can't say if the Chiefs will cover
I do not want it as a lover
I do not want it in my phone
I'd just as soon be left alone
I do not like ChatGPT!
I do not like it, Sam-are-we

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Damo Says @damosays.bsky.social · Sep 9

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

Protect trans rights. End the genocide. And stop giving bandwidth (digital or psychological) to bigoted old white guys.*

*speaking as an old white guy, but hopefully this is my one moment of exception

Suzanne Harrington: The UK's treatment of Graham Linehan and Kneecap is a study in contrasts

"Unlike Linehan, in court charged with harassing a trans teenager and smashing their phone (this was before he urged his online followers to physically attack trans people), Mo Chara’s ‘terrorist’ cha...

www.irishexaminer.com

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · Sep 9

If you use generative AI, it's an instant block from me. If you come into my comments to argue about it, I am the sacred buzzsaw foretold by the bene gesserit.

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Damo Says @damosays.bsky.social · Sep 9

Please, can every writer check this and claim what’s theirs. OpenAI is an existential threat.

Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · Sep 6

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

Damo Says @damosays.bsky.social · Sep 8

Slightly diminish a book

David Copperfield of Earthsea

Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · Sep 8

Slightly diminish a book

1983

David Thomas Moore @dtmooreeditor.bsky.social · Sep 8

Slightly diminish a book

The Landlord of the Rings

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Paul Kane @paulkane.bsky.social · Sep 7

‘There’s something for everyone in these stories!’

‘Every single one of these short stories was 4 or 5 stars for me.’

‘Perfectly captured the vibe it promised; academic, creeping, tense, and dark.’

More 5 ⭐️ love for #TheseDreamingSpires :

www.amazon.co.uk/These-Dreami...

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Damo Says @damosays.bsky.social · Sep 5

So, having reviewed the various candidates, The Traitors Ireland is—even just three episodes in—an order of magnitude better than the earlier versions from the UK, US and Australia. Hats off to all involved. Siobhán McSweeney for Áras an Uachtaráin.
“He hasn’t the liathróidí!” -Eamonn

Damo Says @damosays.bsky.social · Sep 5

Just hours to go, then I promise to calm down for a while.
#booksky

Paul Kane @paulkane.bsky.social · Sep 5

Ends today! 25% off our forthcoming anthology #BeyondandWithinWitchcraft at @barnesandnoble if you pre-order now!! Link below… 🧙

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/witchcraft...

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Damo Says @damosays.bsky.social · Sep 4

Not the first, but the first in a number of years. Lost the hang of it for a while.

I’m loving the photo art. Hope we catch you when you’re over. And be kind to the body.

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Damo Says @damosays.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thank you, hun. Yes, it’s a UK publisher, Flame Tree, so it’ll be available there if nowhere else. You doing ok? How’s the healing going?

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Amanda Mason @amandajanemason.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thrilled to be included in some EXCELLENT company here. Pre-order at @barnesandnoble.com now.🧹

Paul Kane @paulkane.bsky.social · Sep 4

Get a stonking 25% off our forthcoming anthology #BeyondandWithinWitchcraft at @barnesandnoble if you pre-order now!! Link below… 🧙

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/witchcraft...

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Damo Says @damosays.bsky.social · Sep 4

Good morning, US folks. If you’re thinking of how to use the Barnes & Noble preorder discount as spookily as possible, we got you. #booksky

Damo Says @damosays.bsky.social · Sep 4

So, if you’re a B&N member, you’re probably already aware that the lightning preorder sale is on, but in case you’re not, use the code in the pic to get a bunch of us witches for a bargain. #witchcraft 🪐📚💙

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Paul Kane @paulkane.bsky.social · Sep 4

Our anthology #TheseDreamingSpires hits the Gizmodo new releases list! 📚 ☕️ 🍁

gizmodo.com/100-new-sci-...

www.amazon.co.uk/These-Dreami...

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hugh Bonneville took advantage of a live TV interview at the premiere for DowntonAbbeyTheGrandFinale to make a statement about Gaza. Watch the face of ITV News reporter Helen Keenan drop as he *goes there

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Damo Says @damosays.bsky.social · Sep 4

So, if you’re a B&N member, you’re probably already aware that the lightning preorder sale is on, but in case you’re not, use the code in the pic to get a bunch of us witches for a bargain. #witchcraft 🪐📚💙

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Paul Kane @paulkane.bsky.social · Sep 2

Happy book birthday to our anthology #TheseDreamingSpires - if you like #DarkAcademia intrigue, #ghosts #fantasy or just damned good stories this is the one for you! ☕️ 🍁 📚

www.amazon.co.uk/These-Dreami...

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Damo Says @damosays.bsky.social · Sep 1

Sci-fi comic from the very talented @pauljholden.com

PJ Holden @pauljholden.com · Sep 1

A free webcomic starting this week. Would appreciate a RT!

PJ Holden @pauljholden.com · Aug 31

Terran Omega Page 1. www.patreon.com/posts/terran...

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